20th Century
A Study in Treason
This is the second book in the Daughter of Sherlock Holmes mystery series, this time set in 1914. A top-secret…
Lady Be Good
It’s 1953, and Kitty Tessler, daughter of a self-made hotel and night-club millionaire, has a problem. She’s in her twenties,…
Out of the Ashes
The title refers to the main characters’ difficult pasts: Frenchman and ex-soldier Jean-Michel Langelier suffers from PTSD after fighting against…
Peculiar Savage Beauty
Rosa Jean Evans – she prefers “RJ” – was a reluctant eyewitness to one of America’s great disasters when her…
One House Over
Tall, ungainly, thirty-one-year-old African American Joyce MacPherson lives in her parents’ home, works as a teacher’s aide, and pines for…
The Secret of the Irish Castle
Ballinakelly is a beautiful village in Ireland, one where the Deverill and O’Leary families are victims of a curse that…
A Whale in Paris
It’s 1944, and Chantal Duprey lives in German-occupied Paris along the Seine. Her father, a fishmonger named Henri, has not…
In Places Hidden
Camrianne “Camri” Coulter is trying to find her missing brother, Caleb, a law attorney. Suspecting foul play, Camri enlists the…
Dodging and Burning
Editors' choice
Copenhaver’s debut novel gives readers a gorgeous, critical look at the LGBTQ community in post-WWII society, revolving around a murder.…
The Restless Sea
At the outbreak of WW2, Olivia, the spoilt and immature daughter of aristocratic English parents, is sent to her aunt…
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